California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 206 on Lebron James’ show, The Shop. Photo Courtesy of YouTube / UNINTERRUPTED
JOSH MULLENIX | SPORTS EDITOR | jmulleni@butler.edu
I’m not a lawmaker, nor do I claim to be one. But for a moment, allow me to explain what California Senate Bill 206 says about paying college athletes.
The bill passed by California governor Gavin Newsom on Sept. 30 prohibits universities in California from “preventing a student participating in intercollegiate athletics from earning compensation in relation to the athlete’s name, image, or likeness.”
In layman’s terms, any college athlete at California’s four-year universities has the ability to profit off of their own market value.